Eta Aquariids

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The Eta Aquariids are an annual meteor shower in early May produced by debris from Halley’s Comet, known for fast, bright meteors best seen from the Southern Hemisphere.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Eta Aquariids canonical 2
Aquariid meteor showers 1
Eta Aquarids 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf meteor shower ⓘ
activityEnd around May 28 ⓘ
activityStart around April 19 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Eta Aquarids ⓘ
linked to: Eta Aquariids
alsoVisibleFromHemisphere Northern Hemisphere ⓘ
annualEvent true ⓘ
associatedCometOrbitalPeriod about 76 years ⓘ
bestSeenFromHemisphere Southern Hemisphere ⓘ
bestViewingDirection toward eastern sky before dawn ⓘ
cause Earth passing through debris stream of Halley’s Comet ⓘ
discoveredBy G. L. Tupman ⓘ
firstObservedYear 1870 ⓘ
hemisphereStrength stronger in Southern Hemisphere ⓘ
hemisphereVisibilityDifference radiant higher in Southern Hemisphere sky ⓘ
IAUShowerNumber 031 ⓘ
meteorAppearance bright ⓘ
meteorColorCommon yellowish ⓘ
meteorDuration short-lived streaks ⓘ
meteorEntryAngle steep ⓘ
meteorSpeedCategory fast ⓘ
meteorStreamType Halley-type stream ⓘ
notableFor fast meteors ⓘ
high Southern Hemisphere rates ⓘ
occursAnnually yes ⓘ
occursInMonth April ⓘ
May ⓘ
originatesFrom Comet Halley ⓘ
linked to: Halley’s Comet
parentBody 1P/Halley ⓘ
linked to: Halley’s Comet
parentCometInclination high inclination ⓘ
parentCometPerihelionDistance about 0.586 AU ⓘ
parentCometType periodic comet ⓘ
peakPeriod early May ⓘ
radiantConstellation Aquarius ⓘ
radiantDeclinationApprox -1 degree ⓘ
radiantRightAscensionApprox 338 degrees ⓘ
radiantStar Eta Aquarii ⓘ
relatedMeteorShower Orionids ⓘ
showerActivityClass strong ⓘ
showerCode ETA ⓘ
trailCharacteristic persistent trains ⓘ
typicalMeteorSpeed about 66 km/s ⓘ
typicalObservationCondition dark, clear skies ⓘ
typicalObserverAdvice observe after radiant rises well above horizon ⓘ
typicalPeakDates May 5 ⓘ
May 6 ⓘ
visibilityBestTime pre-dawn ⓘ
zenithalHourlyRate up to 50 meteors per hour ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aquarius → associatedMeteorShower → Eta Aquariids ⓘ
Delta Aquariids → showerFamily → Aquariid meteor showers ⓘ
linked to: Eta Aquariids
Eta Aquariids → alsoKnownAs → Eta Aquarids ⓘ
linked to: Eta Aquariids